Tag Archives: Health
Storm leaves Herb Bassett Home running on generator
The Herb Basset Home in Prince Albert, which is connected to the Victoria Hospital, remains on standby electric generation until repairs can be completed following the storm Wednesday morning.Stephen ...
Jun 17, 2021
O'Toole says national security committee being used to cover up scientists' firing
OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole pulled Conservative MPs from a special national security committee Thursday, accusing the government of using it to cover up an incident that caused two scientists at Canada's hi...
Jun 17, 2021
High vaccination rates, ongoing measures mean near-normal return to school in B.C.
VICTORIA - Students and parents can expect a near-normal return to school in British Columbia this fall as regular activities like assemblies and field trips are phased in and any transmission of COVI...
Jun 17, 2021
Pfizer, Moderna vaccines now preferred second dose for AstraZeneca recipients: NACI
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization said Thursday people who got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as their first dose should get Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna for their second shot. On...
Jun 17, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 476,411 new vaccinations administered for a total of 30,37...
Jun 16, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. There are 1,405,146 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,405,146 confirmed cases (14,148 acti...
Jun 16, 2021
Meadow Lake Hospital expected to begin building hemodialysis unit this summer
Residents with kidney disease in Northwest Saskatchewan could begin receiving treatment much closer to home as soon as 2022. In a media release, the Saskatchewan Health Authority announced Wednesday t...
Jun 16, 2021
Government defying order to produce documents on fired scientists: Speaker
OTTAWA - Conservatives want to invoke a rarely used procedure to publicly rebuke the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada over his refusal to produce unredacted documents related to the firing o...
Jun 16, 2021
Kamloops chief says report on residential school remains discovery due at end of June
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A report that details the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops residential school has been delayed slightly but is expected to be co...
Jun 16, 2021
No oxygen concentrators or water on Quebec home's makeshift COVID ward, inquest hears
MONTREAL - A makeshift quarantine zone set up at a Quebec long-term care home where more than 100 residents died was not sufficiently equipped to care for patients, the assistant head nurse told a cor...
Jun 16, 2021